AGRICULTURE

STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Dayton Acts to End Propane Delivery Issues
Gov. Mark Dayton's action to ease problems that farmers report of getting propane brings back memories of the 2013-14 winter in which the gas was in short supply, but early indications are that this w...Posted on 11/3/17 at 7:32 AM

FARGO SCHOOL TALK An Anniversary Gift
In honor of the 175th anniversary of the Case IH Agriculture and CASE Construction Equipment brands, CNH Industrial America LLC has awarded Fargo Public Schools a $25,000 grant to implement Science, T...Posted on 9/23/17 at 8:05 AM

Larimore, ND (WDAY TV) - Steady rainfall throughout the spring has resulted in standing water on many farm fields through the Red River Valley.
Those wet conditions have kept farmers out of their fields and put their spring planting on hold.

Larimore, ND (WDAY TV) - So far this spring season has been filled with plenty of rain showers.
Wet conditions that have resulted in standing water on many farm fields through the Red River Valley, keeping many farmers out of their fields and back in their shops.

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - NDSU has three functions: Education, research and the lesser known extension service.
Thursday the illustrations of Steve Stark helped the school to remember its history, and celebrate its 100th birthday.

CHICAGO -- John Goihl, a hog nutritionist in Shakopee, Minnesota, knows a farmer in his state who lost 7,500 piglets just after they were born. In Sampson County, North Carolina, 12,000 of Henry Moore's piglets died in three weeks. Some 30,000 piglets perished at John Prestage's Oklahoma operation in the fall of 2013.

FARGO –- Federal prosecutors have increased allegations against farming brothers from Northwood, accusing them of adding chemicals to potato seeds to cut production in a crop insurance fraud case where they took in $2 million from fraudulent insurance claims since 2002 as well as federal disaster funds.

(CNN) -- A tense, weeklong showdown appeared to end Saturday between the federal government and supporters of a Nevada cattle rancher battling the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over grazing rights on federal land.

GRAND FORKS -- After the pomp and circumstance of last year’s event announcing North Dakota had been designated one of national six test sites for unmanned aerial systems, the real work is set to begin.

The slow rail service threatening the livelihood of farmers in the upper Midwest have gotten better in recent weeks, but, at the Forest River (N.D.) Bean Co., the rail cars ordered from BNSF or Canadian Pacific are still two to three months behind, said the company president.

April 11 (Reuters) - Self-styled militia members and ultra-conservatives rallied on Friday to the cause of a defiant rancher accused by the U.S. government of illegally grazing his cattle for decades on public lands in the southern Nevada desert.

Crop irrigation has boomed in Minnesota in the past few years, increasing land values and raising yields for corn, soybeans and other crops. But hundreds of Minnesota farmers appear to be irrigating cropland without the state permits required to use large volumes of public water.

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - It seems far away, but the turmoil in Ukraine is causing concern for businesses based right here in North Dakota.
Our state has a strong trade relationship with the country, mostly with agriculture.